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OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CANADA
April 29, 1997 No. 80
OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CANADA
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Minister for International Trade Art
Eggleton today announced that Donald Johnston, Secretary-General of the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will visit Ottawa
April 30 and May 1, and Toronto May 1-2.
This will be Mr. Johnston's first visit to Canada as Secretary-General of the
OECD, continuing the practice of annual visits to Canada by the OECD Secretary-General. While in Ottawa, he will participate in round tables on finance, social
affairs and employment, and electronic commerce. In Toronto, Mr. Johnston will
meet with Mr. Eggleton and speak at the University of Toronto's Centre for
International Studies and at a Canadian Club luncheon.
The OECD Secretary-General visits member countries annually to discuss the state
of their economies. While in Canada, Mr. Johnston will review recent developments
in the Canadian economy, discuss Canadian priorities within the Organization and
exchange views in anticipation of the annual OECD Ministers' Meeting in Paris,
which will take place May 26-27.
The OECD is a key international economic organization whose work contributes to
Canada's economic, trade, and social policy development, and promotes co-operation
among the major industrialized countries. Mr. Johnston, the first non-European to
hold position of OECD Secretary-General, was elected by consensus in 1995. Since
taking office in 1996, he has launched a broad process of organizational and
administrative reform to make the OECD more focussed, relevant, efficient and
effective as it heads into the 21st century.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Catherine Lappe
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Nicole Bourget
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister for International Trade
(613) 992-7332
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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